Portobello - Central (James Street) (Beach) (Edinburgh) weather

Headline:

Storm Bert brings periods of snow, rain and gales.

Today:

Cloudy with hill snow soon followed by occasionally heavy rain. Strong southeasterly winds, occasionally gale force, severe near coasts. The wind eases and the rain becomes lighter and patchy in the afternoon. Milder than of late. Maximum temperature 12 °C.

Tonight:

A band of rain, widespread and heavy at times passes northeast overnight, otherwise patchy light rain in the evening and again towards morning. Windy and milder than of late. Minimum temperature -2 °C.

Sunday:

Cloudy with right spells and a few morning showers becoming scattered in the afternoon. Windy. Maximum temperature 11 °C.

Outlook for Monday to Wednesday:

Windy with isolated showers, snow on higher peaks, Monday. The wind will ease and the showers clear overnight into Tuesday, leaving mainly dry conditions with bright spells Tuesday and Wednesday.

Probably a quieter interlude to start this period for much of the UK as high pressure builds across the north with a return of night frosts. However there is still a risk of some rain across southern parts of the country on Wednesday, although the northern extent of this is uncertain. The high is likely to migrate eastwards during the second half of next week, potentially allowing some outbreaks of rain to move into some some northwestern areas along with some stronger winds. Into December, and while signals are mixed it looks most likely that high pressure may re-assert itself close to or over the UK, with temperatures generally near average, but some overnight frost is likely, and rather cold by day where any fog persists.

The start of this period looks like being largely settled, with high pressure close to if not over the UK. However as we move further into December there are signs that it will become less settled with west or northwesterly types preferred, These will bring some wetter and windier interludes with a risk of some snow, especially for hills in the north. These conditions look more likely to dominate towards the middle of December. Temperatures generally close to average through the period.